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Open Poetry #50

Ode to a wailing baby

kaile

Member Ascendant

since 2000-02-06

Posts 5146
singapore

0 posted 2019-06-10 12:59 PM

And I realise belatedly
I know none of the lullabies
that will coax you to sleep

But the show must go on

So I dig deep into the
mood-aggravated recesses
of my twilight mind

and

belt out sad love songs
from my teens

You shriek in delight ~
it must be
my mournful, soulful singing
coupled with the rhythmic
dong dong dong dong
as if your back were a taiko drum

Our voices synchronised
a shrill crescendo reached

As they die down
you lie asleep on my shoulder

silence, save for the
dong dong dong dong reverberating off the space,
Music to my ears

—-
My muse came back because I recently became a father

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

1 posted 2019-06-11 06:31 AM

Giggles! This is absolutely delightful!

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

2 posted 2019-06-15 08:42 PM

This is SWEET!
You paint an honest picture that is charming and delightful. The poem has rhythm and style.
Congratulations, I can't think of a better way to bring back a muse. ~L

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